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October 6th

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  1. 1917
    The Rise

    Civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, the youngest of 20 children, was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi.

    Montgomery County, Mississippi

    Sources: aaregistry.org, blackpast.org

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